Friday, 29 November 2013

Surfing with Sea-lions!

The past week we have had a bit of strong wind jumping, 3.4/3.7 weather cross-on at Pupuya, but still with small waves. We also went to Topocalma a couple of times hoping for great conditions only to be a little disappointed... But the forecast looks good for the next week now, fingers crossed!

We did have an amazing surf at Puertecillo the other day, which is normally a busy spot with long lefts. It was sunny, turquoise water, 3 of us out...and 2 sea-lions! They were ducking and diving between us, catching waves with us and slapping their tails! Unfortunately I only caught them on the edge of the go-pro video, despite trying! They shot around you and I couldn't guess where they would pop up next! So...spot the sea-lions in the next photos!

About Me

I started windsurfing when I was 16 on family watersports holidays once a year. I got properly hooked on my gap year in the British Army in 2005, competing and training in Egypt, Holland and the UK. During this year I saved some money for my own kit and in 2006 started studying aerospace engineering at Southampton University, joining the windsurf club. Sailing around the South coast with lots of friends provided lots of competition, and competing all around the country against other Universities in the Student Windsurf Association events gave me an appetite for competing. For the last couple of years at University I competed in the UK wave circuit, travelling to Wales, Ireland and Scotland. In 2010 after University I secured a job with a big engineering firm, Babcock, but managed to get a deferred entry and sailed in Brazil, Maui and the Canaries, competing in my first PWA event in Gran Canaria. Now I live and work in Plymouth in the UK and sail and surf as much as possible around my job.